Accept your nomination
Congratulations, your space has been nominated for HqO’s Best Space to Work in Chicago list!
What does this mean?
HqO is collecting nominations for “best spaces to work” in Chicago — accepting submissions for buildings, offices, and amenities. Looks like someone really likes your space!
What is the Best Space to Work in Chicago program?
Using HqO’s proprietary Intelligence products, the Best Spaces to Work in Chicago list is the only recognition and certification program that scores and validates end-user real estate experiences in spaces across the city. The competitive edge you need to meet your business goals and stand apart from your competition — being a certified Best Space has proven to help retain and attract employees and allow employers to see how their space stacks up against the best.
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The competitive edge you need
Real estate leaders are competing for tenants amidst a once-in-a-generation confluence of threats including reduced demand, reduced leverage, and financial pressures. At the same time, employers are struggling to encourage and enforce in-person workplace attendance.
But Chicago is full of intrepid and innovative owners, operators, and occupiers who are winning in this new landscape by reactivating the city's workspaces and delivering exceptional end-user experiences of real estate. That’s why HqO is recognizing the Best Spaces to Work in Chicago that are reinvigorating culture, community, and engagement in the workplace by aligning purpose, form, and function with their customers.
How it works
Published quarterly, the list is based on real estate experience data from tenants and their employees gathered through HqO’s proprietary Intelligence products leveraging the world’s most powerful and trusted employee experience assessment framework.
To participate in the program, nominated spaces – buildings, offices, and amenities alike – undergo a REX Assessment to generate their REX Score, the quality measure of the end-user experiences within their space. Scores are then compared to data gathered over the last decade from over 8,000 workplaces and more than 1.7 million employees. If a REX Score meets or exceeds benchmarks from this data, the space will be certified and promoted as one of the Best Spaces to Work in Chicago.
The program is rolling, meaning data is continuously gathered, so REX Scores can always improve. For those who want to take it a step further, HqO will work with customers whose space did not meet benchmark criteria to help them create and implement a REX strategy that will be sure to increase their score.
It pays to be a best space
Certified Best Spaces are:
Published on quarterly and annual Best Spaces to Work reports
Promoted to real estate leaders and influencers at 20k+ companies
Showcased throughout the HqO REX Platform which reaches 400k+ current users
Celebrated at global events including HqO’s CRE Leadership Forum and REXCon
Recognized across HqO media channels
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Best Spaces to Work - FAQs
What is the Best Spaces to Work program?
HqO’s Best Spaces to Work is the only recognition and certification program that scores and validates end-user real estate experiences in spaces across the globe. Spaces that make the list are considered Best Space to Work Certified.
Who is HqO?
HqO is leading the transformation of the way people experience real estate. Through its Real Estate Experience (REX) Platform — a powerful and dynamic suite of applications and services — HqO has powered over 400 million square feet at over 700 properties across 32 countries. The world’s most innovative organizations rely on HqO to drive operational excellence by maximizing and boosting tenant and employee acquisition, retention, and engagement.
What’s considered a “space” on a HqO Best Space to Work list?
A building, an office space, or even an amenity space like a gym or clubhouse – can all be nominated for certification, regardless of size and shape, providing it supports an employee’s workplace experience.
How are ‘Best Spaces’ selected?
To participate in the program, nominated spaces will undergo a property evaluation with an HqO REX expert to generate their REX Score, the quality measure of the end-user experiences within their space. If the Score meets or exceeds the global industry benchmark, the space will be certified as one of the Best Spaces to Work.
When will the results be announced?
Lists will be released on a quarterly basis.
What happens if I don’t make the list?
HqO REX experts will help you understand your REX Score and work with you to create and implement a REX strategy that will be sure to improve your score and related experiences.